Brooklyn Vegan — Quin Galavis, who has been in Nazi Gold and The Dead Space, will release a new solo double album, My Life In Steel And Concrete, on August 4 via Super Secret Records. He recorded the album with Thor Harris of Swans and Shearwater (who Quin played wit... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — With their rather under-appreciated new album Jet Plane and Oxbow released via Sub Pop earlier this year, Shearwater returned to New York for a sold out performance at Brooklyn venue The Bell House. The performance included some of their covers from ... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Vol. 1 Brooklyn listed the year's best nonfiction so far. Shearwater covered Bauhaus's "Kick in the Eye." Would you like to support Largehearted Boy? Here are a couple of ways you can help. eBooks on sale for $1.99 today: Cat's... more info

Stereogum — Shearwater dropped an excellent offering of lavish, dignified art-rock with Jet Plane And Oxbow at the top of the year. Since dropping the album and finishing up the tour in support of it in March, they’ve been relatively quiet. Which frankly is co... more info

Music For Ants — I haven’t been blogging very much this year due to a ton of life stuff (moving to Austin, starting a new job, being the dad of a 2 year old), but I haven’t stopped seeking out good music and 2016 has provided plenty of it so, as usual, ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Okkervil River have announced that they'll follow 2013's The Silver Gymnasium with a new album, Away, on September 9 via ATO. Main member Will Sheff recorded the album with an almost entirely different lineup, "most of them coming from the ... more info

NME — Covers included 'African Night Flight' and 'Boys Keep Swinging' more info

Consequence of Sound — What started as a challenging experiment became a tribute became an episode of AV Undercover. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — jennylee (of Warpaint) added a NJ show, happening February 26 at Monty Hall. Tickets go on sale at 10 AM. Her Bowery Ballroom show is still on sale. Tickets for the Nevermen show at Webster Hall go on sale... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Shearwater at LPR in 2012 (more by Amanda Hatfield) Shearwater will be touring this year, including a previously-mentioned NYC show on February 6 at Mercury Lounge with Jib Kidder. Tickets for that show are still available, but the band... more info